A SPIRITUALITY AS THE BASIS OF THE ANTHROPOCENTRICISM IN UKRAINIAN PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

This article covers the human-forming dimension of the phenomenon of spirituality through the lens of Ukrainian
philosophical heritage in the context of the modern spiritual depreciation by the powerful technocratic transformations
of many aspects of the life of Ukrainian society.
It has revealed that human being has become a subject of study by representatives of different historical epochs, who
has found their special understanding of the content of spirituality and has given it one of the important roles in human life.
It has been analyzed the doctrine of the human physical and mental dichotomy and a value of idea of the heart
as the center of the «inner human», the knowledge of which has been recognized as the highest goal of human selfaffirmation. The inner human was defined by such spiritual concepts as the ability to self-determination, self-deepening,
self-understanding, self-creation, the art of self-management in curbing passions, the integration and the harmonization
of inner world of personality and relationships with others, the presence of non-utilitarian, non-pragmatic value-building
with the elevation to the spiritual obedience of the human's will to the Lord's will as a process of the individual theosis.
It is concluded that spirituality in the Ukrainian philosophical heritage is a multilevel axiological-anthropocentric
«matrix» that seeks to cover all social and individual needs and ensure the integrity of the functioning of human
existence, the adequacy of relations with reality. Its defining aspect is the external simplicity of answers to complex problems, the authority of requirements, the criteria of spiritual values, ideals, their indisputable integrity and order,
which contribute to a certain inner harmony of the personality. The gained conclusions can strengthen the connection
between the nowadays and the spiritual traditions of our people and become an effective tool for overcoming the negative
tendencies of rationalism, extreme individualism and technocracy of the modernity.